I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.

[The People] are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty.

Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends

The true fountains of evidence [are] the head and heart of every rational and honest man. It is there nature has written her moral laws, and where every man may read them for himself.

With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate to the latter. But this is not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of one simple and integral whole.

Peace with all nations, and the right which that gives us with respect to all nations, are our object.